Somers Clarke
George Clarke | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1841 |
| Died | 31 August 1926 (aged 84–85) |
| Occupation | Architect |
George Somers Clarke (1841 – 31 August 1926)[1] was an architect and English Egyptologist who worked on the restoration and design of churches and at a number of sites throughout Egypt, notably in El Kab, where he built a house. He was born in Brighton as a son of a Brighton solicitor and was an apprenticed to the law for five years before beginning work with Sir G. Gilbert Scott.[2]
As an architect he entered the offices of Sir Gilbert Scott and later worked in partnership with John Micklethwaite from offices at 15 Dean's Yard, Westminster, London. He was Surveyor of the Fabric of St Paul's Cathedral from 1897 to 1906.
After he retired in 1922, Clarke continued to live in Egypt, and while in Egypt he became an honorary member of Comite de Conservation des Monuments de l' Art Arabe and assisted in repairing several ancient temples. He died in Mahamid in August 1926.[2][1]
Works
- 1965 Mountains, Hildenborough, Kent
- 1872–78 Wyfold Court, Rotherfield Peppard, Oxfordshire[3]
- 1874–75 St Martin's parish church, Lewes Road, Brighton (Wagner Memorial Church), the largest church in Brighton, complete except proposed saddle-back tower. Spectacular pulpit based on the Sacrament House in St. Lorenz, Nuremberg.[4][5]
- 1875 scheme for remodelling and extending St Peter's Church, Brighton (only partly achieved)[6]
- 1879 St Nicholas parish church, Kiddington, Oxfordshire: vestry and organ loft[7]
- 1885 Parish church of St John The Divine, Gainsborough, Lincolnshire[8]
- 1885 Church at Wimbledon (proposed)[9]
- 1889 St Mary's Church, Potton, Bedfordshire[10]
- 1890 St Peter's parish church, Marsh Baldon, Oxfordshire: restoration (with Micklethwaite)[11]
- 1891 Reid's Palace Hotel, Funchal, Madeira[12]
- 1892 St Saviour's parish church, Folkestone, Kent[13]
- 1892 designs for wall paintings by C.E. Kempe in St Nicholas' Church, Brighton[14]
- 1893 The Frank James Memorial Hospital, East Cowes, Isle of Wight.
- 1900–06 (with Micklethwaite) St Peter's parish church, Brighton: new chancel with eleven-light east window[15]
- 1910 Chichester Cathedral: reredos[16]
- SS Philip & James parish church, Oxford: reredos[17]
- 1912 Christian Antiquities of the Nile Valley, book[18]
- 1930 Ancient Egyptian Masonry: The Building of Craft, with Reginold Engelbach[19]
References
- ^ a b "Death Of Well Known Architect: Mr Somers Clarke Passes Away In Egypt". Dundee Courier. 1 September 1926. Retrieved 24 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
- ^ a b "OBITUARY". Journal of the Royal Society of Arts. 74 (3851): 976. 1926 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 738.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 433.
- ^ Church Guide Book. St Martin's, Brighton. 1975.
- ^ Building News. 1 January 1875.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 669.
- ^ The Builder. 46: 932. 1884.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ The Builder: 792. 5 December 1885.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Historic England. "Details from listed building database (1321657)". National Heritage List for England. Retrieved 14 September 2007.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 698.
- ^ Denby, Elaine (1998). Grand Hotels: Reality & Illusion; An Architectural and Social History. Reaktion Books. p. 183. ISBN 978-1861891211.
- ^ The Builder. 6 October 1892.
{{cite journal}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 428.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 436.
- ^ Nairn & Pevsner 1965, p. 155.
- ^ Sherwood & Pevsner 1974, p. 298.
- ^ Warner, Nicholas (2016). "The Architecture of the Red Monastery Church (Dayr Anbā Bišūy) in Egypt: An Evolving Anatomy". Dumbarton Oaks Papers. 70: 59–116. ISSN 0070-7546 – via JSTOR.
- ^ Glanville, S.R.K (1931). "Review of Ancient Egyptian Masonry: The Building of Craft". The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology. 17 (3/4): 261–263 – via JSTOR.
Sources
- Nairn, Ian; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1965). Sussex. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 69–71, 155, 427, 438, 433, 436. ISBN 0-14-071028-0.
- Sherwood, Jennifer; Pevsner, Nikolaus (1974). Oxfordshire. The Buildings of England. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books. pp. 403, 669, 698 738. ISBN 0-14-071045-0.